Narayana Hrudayalaya was started in the year 2001 by Dr. Devi Shetty under the aegis of the Asian Heart Foundation (AHF). Bangalore was chosen as the location of the hospital since his family members refused to finance a heart hospital in any other place. Financial contribution for the construction of the hospital was provided by Dr. Shetty's father-in-law. Spread over 25 acres, it is located in the Bommasandra Industrial Area on the Hosur Road in Bangalore. With the Phase I of the construction being completed, the hospital currently has six stories containing 500 beds and 10 operating theatres.

Services

Apart from cardiology, the hospital also offers treatments in the area of Pediatrics, Neurology, Gastroenterology, General Surgery, Nephrology, Urology, Transplants, Nuclear Medicine, Medical Imaging and Radiology. It also houses a Blood bank and Laboratory. With the help of ISRO, Narayana Hrudayalaya has pioneered some of the aspects of Telemedicine.

Cardiology

Narayana Hrudayalaya performs approximately 24 open heart surgeries and 25 catheterization procedures a day, almost eight times the average at other Indian hospitals. In cardiology, the hospital specialises in Interventional Cardiology, Electrophysiology and Pediatric Cardiology, and also performs cardiac surgeries like Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG), Redo Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, the Dor procedure and the Ross procedure. A total of 13000 coronary bypass grafting operations have been performed in the hospital.

Tele-medicine

The telemedicine service was started in the hospital in the year 2002 to cater mainly to the rural populace in the country. The telemedicine network of the hospital connects to countries like Malyasia, Mauritius and Pakistan; with most of the cases referred through telemedicine being cardiac ones. ECG reports, Audio/Visual data, CT scans, X-rays, MRIs and their analysis are exchanged via the telephone line, broadband connection or satellite. The hospital uses a telemedicine ECG machine manufactured by Schiller India, a Germany-based company.